Most were defestated, angered, saddened and felt a sense of betrayal. They were forced to sell their homes, home furnishings, farms and shops at cut rate prices, pack a suitcase and go to the camps of interior America without a clue as to what lay in front of them.
Japanese-Americans .
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
An internment camp for Japanese-Americans. This was done in 1940 during World War II. The Government was afraid that any Japanese /Japanese American was gonna contact japan and let them know was the plan was for Americans therefore Manzanar was built to keep them in place 100,000 Japanese were there and live in a cabin no bigger but smaller then a master bedroom.
The War changed the Americans attitude toward the Japanese because they found out after World War 2 the Japanese Americans were innocent of helping the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
Maybe because Americans and the Japanese where on different sides so the Japanese Americans would have their families broken up and possibly have to choose a side . im not sure why African Americans would be affected
Approximately 120,000 Japanese and/or Japanese-Americans lived in the US during and prior to WW2; of which over 90,000 lived in California.
Japanese-Americans .
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
They thought that the Japanese Americans might be spies.
the Japanese bombed pearl harbor and we thought all Japanese were evil
Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. This internment occurred even if they were no threat.
Congress paid money to the Japanese Americans to say sorry.
An internment camp for Japanese-Americans. This was done in 1940 during World War II. The Government was afraid that any Japanese /Japanese American was gonna contact japan and let them know was the plan was for Americans therefore Manzanar was built to keep them in place 100,000 Japanese were there and live in a cabin no bigger but smaller then a master bedroom.
The War changed the Americans attitude toward the Japanese because they found out after World War 2 the Japanese Americans were innocent of helping the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
Japs or Japanese because we didn't want them to be part of our country but some people called them Japanese-Americans or just Americans.
Because the US leaders feared that the Japanese Americans might help Japan in World War ll.
Japanese-Americans .